Anyone use cratex rubberized abrasives?

[andybrown]

I use them to get into tight / hard to get to corners prior to using a shaped felt bob with compound (in the areas that a mop cant get to)

I find the cratex better than cartridge rolls for this job.

Anyone else use them? Where do you get them from?

I always buy them from the states via e-bay but cant always get them as the guy who has the e-bay shop doesn’t always have them in.

Details of other suppliers would be great, if not, i would be interested to know what methods you use to get into the hard to reach corners / areas for mirror polishing,

regards,

[Brintiff]

I use them a lot, I don't consider them a replacement for cartridge rolls though, I would place Cratex between cartridge rolls and greaseless compound. I buy mine on Ebay also, Gunsmith supply houses like Brownell's carries them but they are expensive.

[baz]

if you contact them i m sure they will be able to help you out.
Cratex - List of Distributors

[andybrown]

I use them a lot, I don't consider them a replacement for cartridge rolls though, I would place Cratex between cartridge rolls and greaseless compound. I buy mine on Ebay also, Gunsmith supply houses like Brownell's carries them but they are expensive.

Yes i agree, on some work i just use the cratex, coarse then fine then straight to felt bob with compound but on other work like rough cast parts or work that has large areas that i cant get to with the big tools i use the cartridge rolls first, i run them nice and fast like 15000 rpm and i find they work well, i was surprised at first as to how effective they were are clearing the material away prior to polishing with coarse. I buy those from the states via and ebay shop two.

[andybrown]

if you contact them i m sure they will be able to help you out.
Cratex - List of Distributors

Thats perfect, I have sent them an e-mail,

many thanks!

[integerspin]

Thought most places sold them. Well Wolf in south london where we used to buy mops and stuff sold them and J&L have them in their catalog.

[andybrown]

Well as i always just got them from e-bay i didn’t really look elsewhere but as ebay availability got intermittent i put up the post, just waiting to hear back from a local supplier but who are J+L, what’s their full name, i'll have a look at what they have two,

regards,

[John-Williams]

Hai, I have used Cratex rubberized abrasives for light deburring, smoothing, cleaning, trimming, and polishing.

[John-Williams]

Hai, I have used Cratex rubberized abrasives for light deburring, smoothing, cleaning, trimming, and polishing.